Thank you for mentioning this Scandinavian Glass Board. :hiclp:We do have a nice collection of pictures in this thread and I think it givesquite a good overview of FM's production.

However, I must point out that there has been a couple of queries: "Is thisFM Konstglas/Marcolin?" and the answer is sometimes that it is not so thereare a few pictures in this long thread that are not FM objects. If anyqueries about any of the objects please contact me and I will do my best togive an answer.

I have been able to find some really lovely FM objects and I have included a couple of pictures for you.

It is surprising how diverse the FM output could be. I'm sure I sold one of the latticino bottles as 'Murano' before and I wonder how many of those milllefiori flasks have been sold as Fratelli Toso (or whatever)?

In particular the green/yellow sommerso dish is striking. Do you know how many different shapes and colour combinations the company produced? I see it has textured sides as well, but all the textured ones I have are plain.

I have a Marcolin brochure and have not seen any panel cut somerso or millefiori glass in there. These are quite specific techniques. So - are these certain attributions, or did the brothers import from the homeland as well?

no FM Ronneby IS Fratelli Marcolin; the larger-than-life brothers tried to switch production to Sardinia Crystal in 1999 but this soon resulted in fisticuffs, and business ceased in retirement. Or so I've been told.

no FM Ronneby IS Fratelli Marcolin; the larger-than-life brothers tried toswitch production to Sardinia Crystal in 1999 but this soon resulted infisticuffs, and business ceased in retirement. Or so I've been told.

FM is NOT Fratelli Marcolin. FM stands for FÃ¤re-Marcolin.Josef Marcolin was married to Ingalill FÃ¤re, thus the company nameFÃ¤re-Marcolin Konstglas AB.

FM closed down in Ronneby in 1991 and the Marcolin brothers went back toItaly to work with Sardinia Crystal. The idea was to continue production ofthe existing range of products but the collaboration did not work out.Benito moved back to Sweden and Josef to Austria.I do not have much details about this collaboration but Sardinia Crystalretained some rights to both the name Marcolin and some of the design for anumber of years. Possibly from 1994-2004.

I have a Marcolin brochure and have not seen any panel cut somerso ormillefiori glass in there. These are quite specific techniques. So - arethese certain attributions, or did the brothers import from the homeland aswell?

The Marcolin brochure. Is that the one you have mentioned earlier, from ca1990? That one would not show FM's earlier production.

The panel cut somerso was made ca 1965-1971 and the smalllatticino/millefiori vases ca 1977-1978.

FM Konstglas in Ronneby was run by skilled glassblowers, trained in theMurano technique.During the 1960's and 1970's quite a number of Murano glassblowers moved toRonneby to work for FM Konstglas, for longer or shorter time periods.The Marcolin brothers' brother-in-law Aureliano Toso also worked for FMKonstglas.The Murano influence was strong during these years. I do not know if FM hadany need to import from the "homeland".

Do you know how many different shapes and colour combinations the companyproduced?

Good question!I do not have an answer to that question but I know that in 1970 FMKonstglas had 700 combinations available in different sizes, shapes andcolours.At http://www.marcolinartcrystal.com/shop/index.php you can get an overviewof the different colour combinations used today by Marcolin Art Crystal.

Do you know how many different shapes and colour combinations the companyproduced?

Good question!I do not have an answer to that question but I know that in 1970 FM Konstglas had 700 combinations available in different sizes, shapes and colours.At http://www.marcolinartcrystal.com/shop/index.php you can get an overviewof the different colour combinations used today by Marcolin Art Crystal.

Thanks Ingela!

I would be very interested to learn of the various panel-cut shapes and colour combinations they produced. Also whether they signed them. I have quite a few in green/amber/clear (and other colour combinations), but there are noticable differences between some of them. Of course, mine could have all been produced by Murano makers, so knowing which styles derived from FM Konstglas would be very revealing.

Have you contacted the factory? They might have old catalogues to confirm the various combinations.

Re. the company: I was aware it was still in business, but was really referring to the Marcolin brothers' direct input.